Couple indicted for children living in filth

11:50 PM,
Apr. 5, 2013

Written by

Mark Bell
The Daily News Journal

A couple was indicted this week on three counts of reckless endangerment after authorities reported they found the couple's three children living in filthy conditions in March.

Richard Silk, 51, and Joyce Thomson, 25, both of 1712 Katelyn Court, were arrested Wednesday by Murfreesboro Police Detective Tommy Roberts following their indictment by a Rutherford County grand jury on the charges.

Roberts reported he was assigned the case after MPD Officer Erica Brinkley and Department of Children's Services Investigator Kevin Smith discovered what Roberts termed in his Wednesday arrest ...